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As a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and past denizen of Wall Street, I am always interested to see studies that relate data or trends to the performance of a group of stocks. The SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) industry has been producing some interesting work in this area, recently.

A new study by GreenBiz finds that while corporations are adopting more environmentally sustainable practices, their impacts on ecosystems continue to increase. It shows that despite the rapid rise of sustainability on companies' agendas, progress is lagging, particularly in light of the resource and weather risks many sectors are facing.

It’s reporting season — the time of year when many corporate responsibility professionals are in conversation with top leadership to determine whether 2013 will be the year the company finally publishes its first sustainability report.

Listening to a couple of coders gush over the virtues of gamification, location-based mobile services and open data standards, I might have mistaken the techies for sneaker-wearing pitchmen at a Silicon Valley hackathon.

In this column, we last discussed the connection stage of employee engagement. By connection, we mean taking a step beyond just presenting information -- the first stage -- and promoting interaction and a sense of belonging among employees, helping them make the home-work connection, supporting work-life balance and enabling them to share best practices with their peers and beyond. Deeply rooted connection leads to commitment, our third stage of employee engagement.

Chief Revenue Officer Samantha Skey also to offer insight into effectively communicating sustainability to consumers as a GreenBiz Guru

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Recyclebank today announced its CEO Jonathan Hsu will participate in a keynote interview led by Marc Gunther, senior writer for GreenBiz Group and a contributing editor at FORTUNE magazine, at the 2011 GreenBiz Innovation Forum. Joining him at the conference is Chief Revenue Officer Samantha Skey, who will lead a roundtable discussion for a select group of green business leaders as a “GreenBiz Guru.”

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Recyclebank today announced its CEO Jonathan Hsu will participate in a keynote interview led by Marc Gunther, senior writer for GreenBiz Group and a contributing editor at FORTUNE magazine, at the 2011 GreenBiz Innovation Forum. Joining him at the conference is Chief Revenue Officer Samantha Skey, who will lead a roundtable discussion for a select group of green business leaders as a “GreenBiz Guru.”

Mindy Lubber cites GE as an example of a "global giant [...] moving aggressively to reduce emissions, ramp up low-carbon products and decarbonize their supply chain" in an article in GreenBiz on climate change. Lubber, President of Ceres, a coalition of investors, environmental groups and other public interest groups promoting sustainable prosperity, discusses how GE and other major companies are beyond the climate change debate and on to incorporating the reduction of their sustainability footprint into their business strategies.

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Mindy Lubber cites GE as an example of a "global giant [...] moving aggressively to reduce emissions, ramp up low-carbon products and decarbonize their supply chain" in an article in GreenBiz on climate change. Lubber, President of Ceres, a coalition of investors, environmental groups and other public interest groups promoting sustainable prosperity, discusses how GE and other major companies are beyond the climate change debate and on to incorporating the reduction of their sustainability footprint into their business strategies.